Conjectures on that mysterious Monument of ancient Art, Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain: to which is added, a History of the Druids. A new Edition, with a Copper Plate View, and three Views engraven on Wood.

[STONEHENGE.]

Published by Salisbury, J.Eaton, 1815., 1815

8vo, pp.vi, [2], 75, [1], including the printed wrappers, with a folding copper-engraved frontispiece by H.Roberts; stab-stitched in printed wrappers, with a woodcut scene of Stonehenge on the front wrapper, repeated as an endpiece on the inside rear wrapper; a very good copy, the wrappers a little worn and stained, spine wanting at head and foot.An attractive guide to Stonehenge, first published as A Description of Stonehenge in 1795, assembling earlier writings on the structure by William Camden, Inigo Jones, William Stukeley, and others. Subsequent editions added new content including the woodcut views, the most recent inclusion here being an extract from Richard Colt Hoare's History of Ancient Wiltshire (1812). It was first published under the present title in 1814, and would reach a fifteenth edition by 1833. Library Hub records copies at Bodley, Glasgow, and Swansea only. Language: English. Seller Inventory # E6297

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Title: Conjectures on that mysterious Monument of ...
Publisher: Salisbury, J.Eaton, 1815.
Publication Date: 1815
Binding: Soft cover